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Re: asking for the bathroom

From:Dan Seriff <microtonal@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 17:50
Sally Caves wrote:

> LOL! Let's see, Teonaht: Kwa'r perva li ... bav memwot? > > I just asked for the water room. I can't believe that I have no word > for > toilet in Teonaht. And then all the politeness conventions. You can't > just baldly say "where's the shit stool?" There have to be > circumlocutions, > idioms, metaphors. Any suggestions or conlang examples?
In Mungayöd: "Iu më sjë?" Lit.: "Where is that place?" The Ancients had somewhat of an obsession with politeness. It wasn't taboo to refer to bodily functions, just impolite in public company. -- Daniel Seriff microtonal@sericap.com http://members.tripod.com/microtonal Futharusào li utsoto wi pæthong, raskèsào lang li! Si me iterum insanum appelles, oculum alterum tuum edem.

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